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Digi Tally

The smallest, the largest, the biggest, the stats, the zeroes, the evens, the odds...

65.8 crore
 
is the numbers of voters in India. 

Of them 


54
per cent are below
25
years.

7.11 lakh
 
electronic voting machines will be used for counting. One EVM can count up to 3,840 votes.

5 million
 
polling agents will be on duty. One ballot box contains 500-700 votes.

General elections cost the exchequer:


In ’67,:
Rs 1.7 crore

In ’99:
Rs 880 crore.

Poll expenditure for each candidate:


In ’99:
Rs 15 lakh. 
In ’04:
Rs 25 lakh.

Graphic Detail


The Biggest Constituency:
Outer Delhi

Electorate
:
31,03,525

Winners in last five Lok Sabha elections:

1989 Tarif Singh (JD) 
1991 Sajjan Kumar (Cong)  
1996 Krishan Lal Sharma (BJP) 
1998 Krishan Lal Sharma (BJP)
1999 Sahib Singh Verma (BJP)

The Smallest Constituency:
Lakshadweep

Electorate:
37,619

Winners in last five Lok Sabha elections:
1989 P.M. Sayeed(Cong)
1991 P.M. Sayeed(Cong)
1996 P.M. Sayeed(Cong)
1998 P.M. Sayeed(Cong)
1999 P.M. Sayeed(Cong)

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